You're confused. Passive and offscreen aren't the same thing.
Not really. If they're off screen it's a clear sign that they're passive.
She does influence, she guides the player throughout. Inciting incident would be Ganon taking control and enveloping the castle.
Someone on reddit pointed out that Hyrule Castle is visible on the ground in one shot, suggesting that it rising into the air happens after the player takes control of Link:
Interesting, it's hard to tell but it does look like Link's right arm is the changed one though. So maybe the rising of Hyrule Castle doesn't happen immediately after Ganondorf awakens and everything goes down underground but sometime later in the story. Those fall blocks that look to be a part of the Sky Islands also doesn't make sense if this is pre-Ganondorf awakening.Someone on reddit pointed out that Hyrule Castle is visible on the ground in one shot, suggesting that it rising into the air happens after the player takes control of Link:
OofI do like that she's not born from royalty and is given more of a character, despite not being my fave Zelda.
Great singer too!
It's ridiculous. Can you believe a franchise this big, that has run for 35 years doesn't have a Zelda-only spinoff?
Even Tingle that creep has his own game!
There's Wand of Gamelon, but we don't talk about that..
Latest will be E3 2022 or the direct that comes after it if they don't have a conference for e3 assuming e3 is even on.
I think the patterns on the bottom section of the tunic and on his shield are the Uroko pattern and not the triforce. It is used on kimono and stuff.Some stuff:
Link's new outfit has a green shawl over his left side on top of the rest of his chiton like Greek outfit. I would call it a chlamys which is also Greek and often worn over a chiton, but Link's is about 3-4x too small, a normal chlamys is basically a cloak that can wrap around the entire body.
Regardless, we can see there's some kind of marking on said shawl, we can see the literal tail end of it. I'm pretty positive it's a Dragon. Dragons in Zelda are very wyrm/serpent like without wings and just really small front and hind legs. So we can make out the tail and the right hind leg. I'm willing to bet the front will have a looping front half of the dragon on it. Add to it green which is the color of Courage/Spirit/Life and in Zonai culture they worship three main creatures: Dragons, Owls and Boars, AKA Courage, Wisdom, Power. Animal representations of the Triforce. Case closed.
Smaller thing but Link might not have his trusty glider in that opening shot. It's pretty obscured by clouds but that island he's falling towards looks to have a giant lake in its center, or some kind of large empty space as it's ringed by trees on ridges. So he might of just got dropped out of the sky somehow and is just falling towards this body of water which might make this the tutorial area and intro to these floating islands. Mildly supported by the fact that he has super basic clothing on right now and no weapons of any kind. Later shots of him retain the Chiton, but instead of biker shorts underneath he has full trousers and his lace sandals are replaced by sturdier boots made of thick fur hides.
Also 99% sure that this:
And this island on the left:
Are the same place. As the large structure on the right can be seen off in the distance in the first short as it pans up, puts them exactly in line with one another as you see here in the second shot.
Part of me wants to say this far off island in the center with that large arch is the same place, but it's too obscured and low detailed to say.
Someone on reddit pointed out that Hyrule Castle is visible on the ground in one shot, suggesting that it rising into the air happens after the player takes control of Link:
True, but they must also clearly know that whenever they opt to show any of it they own video game discourse for at least a few weeks. The only scenario I can think of for something at the game awards, given your point, is if we truly have just layers upon layers of new mechanics, or FAR more narrative exposition than the original (hopefully both?). If the former then a quick teaser montage of skills that can highlight a new enemy or weapon or two. If the later then show ~75% of a cutscene cut up to lack proper context which hints at a new environment. Continue the drip feed
Wondering how long a time gap we're seeing between the first game and the sequel. The hair changes on Link and Zelda we've all been reading so much into are probably just there to help show how much time has passed.
My main issue with these Glowy Arm = Hero from 10K year ago is the fact that the sequencing and evidence just doesn't line up at all for me.
Damn I didn't even notice that little detail on his green half shirt, good eye. The pattern on the shield though definitely feels Triforce themed though since the bottom three triangles are golden while the four above it are kind of very dark redish brown. I definitely thinks there's greater meaning there, though it may still be inspired by the Uroko pattern.
Wow, I'm going to think of that comparison moving forward now.
Yes, a little.
I mean it's not exactly a nice looking arm. Long spindly arm and fingers with dagger like nails is pretty sinister looking, but I mean it has, or is almost entirely made of, green spirit energy which to me makes me think it might be some kind of Sage like figure. If it is Zonai they were pretty primitive(though still great megalithic like builders), but possibly highly advanced spiritually. They seem to have worshiped the Triforce in an animist form with how they revere the Dragon, Boar and Owl as representations of Courage/Power/Wisdom.
Nahh at that angle Hyrule Castle would almost completely obscure the Lost Woods and Great Deku Tree and we're only seeing the tiniest sliver of the outside parapets of Hyrule Castle island. That scene is looking most North-East and from that vantage both Hyrule Castle and Lost Woods/Deku Tree are a bit more N-NE.
